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Iran accuses UAE of "direct" role in Israeli-US attack amid tension at BRICS summit
1+ hour, 16+ min ago (109+ words) The story: Iran has accused the United Arab Emirates (UAE) of direct involvement in military operations during the Israeli-US war on the country. The allegation was made by Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi at a meeting of the BRICS group in…...
Iran weighs risks, opportunities as Trump pursues deals in China
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (12+ words) Amwaj. media...
As talk of secret Israeli base rocks Iraq, Sudani seen as main victim
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (100+ words) The story: In Iraq, officials are trading accusations after US media reports claiming that Israel has operated a clandestine base in the country's western desert. Israeli forces are alleged to have built the installation with American coordination in connection with…...
Amid war over its skies, Baghdad plays the field for new fighter jets
4+ day, 4+ min ago (82+ words) Iraq has in recent years found itself in the middle of several bouts of Israeli-US wars with Iran, with its airspace constantly violated by all parties throughout. Amid this tit-for-tat missile and drone warfare, Baghdad has taken tangible steps to…...
What has China done to protect Iranian-Saudi rapprochement?
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (119+ words) In 2023, China made history when it brokered a landmark normalization deal between Iran and Saudi Arabia with the help of Oman and Iraq. Top officials from Riyadh and Tehran'long bitter rivals'convened in Beijing, where they agreed to bury the hatchet…...
How Gulf Arab states lost the information war amid the Iran conflict
1+ week, 1+ day ago (81+ words) In the immediate aftermath of the eruption of the Israeli-US war on Iran in late February, Tehran retaliated with missile and drone strikes on all six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) members. For the Gulf Arab states, and especially the United…...
Sudan after the Iran war: Red Sea front of the Saudi-Emirati rift
1+ week, 1+ day ago (127+ words) Sudan was already one of the key theaters where the'Saudi-Emirati rift was taking shape before the Israeli-US war on Iran. As the latter subsides, the former contest is likely to intensify. What was once managed as a quiet rivalry within…...
IRGC touts capture, reverse engineering of advanced US military gear
1+ week, 3+ day ago (81+ words) The story: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says it has recovered a large amount of undetonated American munitions after the ceasefire with the US. The elite force says the weapons'including a GBU-57 bunker buster'have been transferred to units tasked…...
Amid standoff over US blockade, Iran marks "Persian Gulf Day" with calls for American exit
2+ week, 18+ hour ago (95+ words) The story: Top political and military figures in Iran have used the occasion of "Persian Gulf Day" to deliver a coordinated message rejecting any US presence in the waterway. In a message, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei has declared a…...
Beyond Hormuz: Can Iraq's "Development Road' become a strategic corridor?
2+ week, 6+ day ago (89+ words) The disruption of maritime flows through the'Strait of Hormuz has underscored a structural vulnerability at the heart of the global economy. For decades, the Gulf's energy exports have relied on a narrow and increasingly contested passage, leaving international markets exposed…...